kernel.git/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h, branch linux-6.15.y

x86/headers: Replace ASSEMBLY with ASSEMBLER in non-UAPI headers

2025-03-19T10:47:30Z

While the GCC and Clang compilers already define __ASSEMBLER__ automatically when compiling assembly code, __ASSEMBLY__ is a macro that only gets defined by the Makefiles in the kernel. This can be very confusing when switching between userspace and kernelspace coding, or when dealing with UAPI headers that rather should use __ASSEMBLER__ instead. So let's standardize on the __ASSEMBLER__ macro that is provided by the compilers now. This is mostly a mechanical patch (done with a simple "sed -i" statement), with some manual tweaks in , and that mentioned this macro in comments with some missing underscores. Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Brian Gerst Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: H. Peter Anvin Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Linus Torvalds Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314071013.1575167-38-thuth@redhat.com

Merge tag 'x86-build-2024-05-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2024-05-14T01:05:08Z

Pull x86 build updates from Ingo Molnar: - Use -fpic to build the kexec 'purgatory' (the self-contained code that runs between two kernels) - Clean up vmlinux.lds.S generation - Simplify the X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM section of the x86 Kconfig - Misc cleanups & fixes * tag 'x86-build-2024-05-13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/Kconfig: Merge the two CONFIG_X86_EXTENDED_PLATFORM entries x86/purgatory: Switch to the position-independent small code model x86/boot: Replace __PHYSICAL_START with LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR x86/vmlinux.lds.S: Take __START_KERNEL out conditional definition x86/vmlinux.lds.S: Remove conditional definition of LOAD_OFFSET vmlinux.lds.h: Fix a typo in comment

x86/boot: Replace __PHYSICAL_START with LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR

2024-03-22T10:36:45Z

Both __PHYSICAL_START and LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR are defined to get aligned CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START, so we can replace __PHYSICAL_START with LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR. And then remove the definition of __PHYSICAL_START, which is only used to define __START_KERNEL. Since includes , which includes , it is fine to move definition from to . Signed-off-by: Wei Yang Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240313075839.8321-3-richard.weiyang@gmail.com

x86/efistub: Remap kernel text read-only before dropping NX attribute

2024-03-09T10:37:18Z

Currently, the EFI stub invokes the EFI memory attributes protocol to strip any NX restrictions from the entire loaded kernel, resulting in all code and data being mapped read-write-execute. The point of the EFI memory attributes protocol is to remove the need for all memory allocations to be mapped with both write and execute permissions by default, and make it the OS loader's responsibility to transition data mappings to code mappings where appropriate. Even though the UEFI specification does not appear to leave room for denying memory attribute changes based on security policy, let's be cautious and avoid relying on the ability to create read-write-execute mappings. This is trivially achievable, given that the amount of kernel code executing via the firmware's 1:1 mapping is rather small and limited to the .head.text region. So let's drop the NX restrictions only on that subregion, but not before remapping it as read-only first. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel

Merge tag 'x86-boot-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

2023-10-31T00:11:57Z

Pull x86 boot updates from Ingo Molnar: - Rework PE header generation, primarily to generate a modern, 4k aligned kernel image view with narrower W^X permissions. - Further refine init-lifetime annotations - Misc cleanups & fixes * tag 'x86-boot-2023-10-28' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (23 commits) x86/boot: efistub: Assign global boot_params variable x86/boot: Rename conflicting 'boot_params' pointer to 'boot_params_ptr' x86/head/64: Move the __head definition to x86/head/64: Add missing __head annotation to startup_64_load_idt() x86/head/64: Mark 'startup_gdt[]' and 'startup_gdt_descr' as __initdata x86/boot: Harmonize the style of array-type parameter for fixup_pointer() calls x86/boot: Fix incorrect startup_gdt_descr.size x86/boot: Compile boot code with -std=gnu11 too x86/boot: Increase section and file alignment to 4k/512 x86/boot: Split off PE/COFF .data section x86/boot: Drop PE/COFF .reloc section x86/boot: Construct PE/COFF .text section from assembler x86/boot: Derive file size from _edata symbol x86/boot: Define setup size in linker script x86/boot: Set EFI handover offset directly in header asm x86/boot: Grab kernel_info offset from zoffset header directly x86/boot: Drop references to startup_64 x86/boot: Drop redundant code setting the root device x86/boot: Omit compression buffer from PE/COFF image memory footprint x86/boot: Remove the 'bugger off' message ...

x86/boot: Rename conflicting 'boot_params' pointer to 'boot_params_ptr'

2023-10-18T10:03:03Z

The x86 decompressor is built and linked as a separate executable, but it shares components with the kernel proper, which are either #include'd as C files, or linked into the decompresor as a static library (e.g, the EFI stub) Both the kernel itself and the decompressor define a global symbol 'boot_params' to refer to the boot_params struct, but in the former case, it refers to the struct directly, whereas in the decompressor, it refers to a global pointer variable referring to the struct boot_params passed by the bootloader or constructed from scratch. This ambiguity is unfortunate, and makes it impossible to assign this decompressor variable from the x86 EFI stub, given that declaring it as extern results in a clash. So rename the decompressor version (whose scope is limited) to boot_params_ptr. [ mingo: Renamed 'boot_params_p' to 'boot_params_ptr' for clarity ] Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

x86/boot/compressed: Reserve more memory for page tables

2023-09-17T07:48:57Z

The decompressor has a hard limit on the number of page tables it can allocate. This limit is defined at compile-time and will cause boot failure if it is reached. The kernel is very strict and calculates the limit precisely for the worst-case scenario based on the current configuration. However, it is easy to forget to adjust the limit when a new use-case arises. The worst-case scenario is rarely encountered during sanity checks. In the case of enabling 5-level paging, a use-case was overlooked. The limit needs to be increased by one to accommodate the additional level. This oversight went unnoticed until Aaron attempted to run the kernel via kexec with 5-level paging and unaccepted memory enabled. Update wost-case calculations to include 5-level paging. To address this issue, let's allocate some extra space for page tables. 128K should be sufficient for any use-case. The logic can be simplified by using a single value for all kernel configurations. [ Also add a warning, should this memory run low - by Dave Hansen. ] Fixes: 34bbb0009f3b ("x86/boot/compressed: Enable 5-level paging during decompression stage") Reported-by: Aaron Lu Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230915070221.10266-1-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com

x86/decompressor: Factor out kernel decompression and relocation

2023-08-07T18:59:13Z

Factor out the decompressor sequence that invokes the decompressor, parses the ELF and applies the relocations so that it can be called directly from the EFI stub. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230807162720.545787-21-ardb@kernel.org

x86: Add support for ZSTD compressed kernel

2020-07-31T09:49:09Z

- Add support for zstd compressed kernel - Define __DISABLE_EXPORTS in Makefile - Remove __DISABLE_EXPORTS definition from kaslr.c - Bump the heap size for zstd. - Update the documentation. Integrates the ZSTD decompression code to the x86 pre-boot code. Zstandard requires slightly more memory during the kernel decompression on x86 (192 KB vs 64 KB), and the memory usage is independent of the window size. __DISABLE_EXPORTS is now defined in the Makefile, which covers both the existing use in kaslr.c, and the use needed by the zstd decompressor in misc.c. This patch has been boot tested with both a zstd and gzip compressed kernel on i386 and x86_64 using buildroot and QEMU. Additionally, this has been tested in production on x86_64 devices. We saw a 2 second boot time reduction by switching kernel compression from xz to zstd. Signed-off-by: Nick Terrell Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Tested-by: Sedat Dilek Reviewed-by: Kees Cook Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200730190841.2071656-7-nickrterrell@gmail.com

License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license

2017-11-02T10:10:55Z

Many source files in the tree are missing licensing information, which makes it harder for compliance tools to determine the correct license. By default all files without license information are under the default license of the kernel, which is GPL version 2. Update the files which contain no license information with the 'GPL-2.0' SPDX license identifier. The SPDX identifier is a legally binding shorthand, which can be used instead of the full boiler plate text. This patch is based on work done by Thomas Gleixner and Kate Stewart and Philippe Ombredanne. How this work was done: Patches were generated and checked against linux-4.14-rc6 for a subset of the use cases: - file had no licensing information it it. - file was a */uapi/* one with no licensing information in it, - file was a */uapi/* one with existing licensing information, Further patches will be generated in subsequent months to fix up cases where non-standard license headers were used, and references to license had to be inferred by heuristics based on keywords. The analysis to determine which SPDX License Identifier to be applied to a file was done in a spreadsheet of side by side results from of the output of two independent scanners (ScanCode & Windriver) producing SPDX tag:value files created by Philippe Ombredanne. Philippe prepared the base worksheet, and did an initial spot review of a few 1000 files. The 4.13 kernel was the starting point of the analysis with 60,537 files assessed. Kate Stewart did a file by file comparison of the scanner results in the spreadsheet to determine which SPDX license identifier(s) to be applied to the file. She confirmed any determination that was not immediately clear with lawyers working with the Linux Foundation. Criteria used to select files for SPDX license identifier tagging was: - Files considered eligible had to be source code files. - Make and config files were included as candidates if they contained >5 lines of source - File already had some variant of a license header in it (even if <5 lines). All documentation files were explicitly excluded. The following heuristics were used to determine which SPDX license identifiers to apply. - when both scanners couldn't find any license traces, file was considered to have no license information in it, and the top level COPYING file license applied. For non */uapi/* files that summary was: SPDX license identifier # files ---------------------------------------------------|------- GPL-2.0 11139 and resulted in the first patch in this series. If that file was a */uapi/* path one, it was "GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note" otherwise it was "GPL-2.0". Results of that was: SPDX license identifier # files ---------------------------------------------------|------- GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note 930 and resulted in the second patch in this series. - if a file had some form of licensing information in it, and was one of the */uapi/* ones, it was denoted with the Linux-syscall-note if any GPL family license was found in the file or had no licensing in it (per prior point). Results summary: SPDX license identifier # files ---------------------------------------------------|------ GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note 270 GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note 169 ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-2-Clause) 21 ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) 17 LGPL-2.1+ WITH Linux-syscall-note 15 GPL-1.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note 14 ((GPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) 5 LGPL-2.0+ WITH Linux-syscall-note 4 LGPL-2.1 WITH Linux-syscall-note 3 ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR MIT) 3 ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) AND MIT) 1 and that resulted in the third patch in this series. - when the two scanners agreed on the detected license(s), that became the concluded license(s). - when there was disagreement between the two scanners (one detected a license but the other didn't, or they both detected different licenses) a manual inspection of the file occurred. - In most cases a manual inspection of the information in the file resulted in a clear resolution of the license that should apply (and which scanner probably needed to revisit its heuristics). - When it was not immediately clear, the license identifier was confirmed with lawyers working with the Linux Foundation. - If there was any question as to the appropriate license identifier, the file was flagged for further research and to be revisited later in time. In total, over 70 hours of logged manual review was done on the spreadsheet to determine the SPDX license identifiers to apply to the source files by Kate, Philippe, Thomas and, in some cases, confirmation by lawyers working with the Linux Foundation. Kate also obtained a third independent scan of the 4.13 code base from FOSSology, and compared selected files where the other two scanners disagreed against that SPDX file, to see if there was new insights. The Windriver scanner is based on an older version of FOSSology in part, so they are related. Thomas did random spot checks in about 500 files from the spreadsheets for the uapi headers and agreed with SPDX license identifier in the files he inspected. For the non-uapi files Thomas did random spot checks in about 15000 files. In initial set of patches against 4.14-rc6, 3 files were found to have copy/paste license identifier errors, and have been fixed to reflect the correct identifier. Additionally Philippe spent 10 hours this week doing a detailed manual inspection and review of the 12,461 patched files from the initial patch version early this week with: - a full scancode scan run, collecting the matched texts, detected license ids and scores - reviewing anything where there was a license detected (about 500+ files) to ensure that the applied SPDX license was correct - reviewing anything where there was no detection but the patch license was not GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note to ensure that the applied SPDX license was correct This produced a worksheet with 20 files needing minor correction. This worksheet was then exported into 3 different .csv files for the different types of files to be modified. These .csv files were then reviewed by Greg. Thomas wrote a script to parse the csv files and add the proper SPDX tag to the file, in the format that the file expected. This script was further refined by Greg based on the output to detect more types of files automatically and to distinguish between header and source .c files (which need different comment types.) Finally Greg ran the script using the .csv files to generate the patches. Reviewed-by: Kate Stewart Reviewed-by: Philippe Ombredanne Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman